Get Involved With Our Kids

I've never been a true, dyed-in-the-wool baseball fan, but I love coaching baseball.

I love coaching baseball because I'm helping and teaching kids, kids that just want to learn the game, get better, and learn how to be teammates.

There's absolutely nothing better in this world than teaching and helping kids. Whether you're a school teacher or a coach, teaching and coaching kids to conduct themselves in the right way is a reward all its own.

I grew up loving baseball first, and collecting baseball cards before football cards, because to me, there was something magical about the game, especially when it's played in the bright summer sunshine.

Speaking of teachers, my grade school teachers would always allow us to watch the World Series, long ago, when it used to be played during the day, even on weekdays.

Now, of course, I'm a football guy, and will always be a football guy, that's who I am when it comes to sports. But, there was a time.........

I used to just love watching baseball players warm up before they went onto the field, and then watching them play when I was a kid, because they just looked like they were having so much fun. They truly enjoyed and loved the game, and it showed, whether they were warming up, or out there playing the actual game.

That seems sooooo long ago now, so far away. Steroids and night games and playing for money only and baseball strikes have completely overshadowed a truly great game. Our "National Pasttime" no longer.

But alas, that magical game isn't really so far away after all.

Go to your nearest little league ball field on a Saturday afternoon and watch the youngsters play. Such joy and fun amidst learning to play the game and being a teammate, it just doesn't get any better than this.

Even better, get involved, be a part. Help teach and coach our kids, have fun, and be rewarded all at the same time.

Football is my favorite sport, far and away, but I'd rather be out there coaching my boys' baseball team on a Saturday afternoon, than watching Tennesse play a football game, if they were to overlap.

The magic is still there in baseball, you just have to know where to look.